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Matthew Francis
6,967 PointsWeb Fonts - Do we always need to include .eot, .woff , ..tff files for compatibility across all devices?
Watching this vid: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/web-fonts-with-fontface
The instructor mentions that :
EOT is used so that Internet Explorer (And maybe Microsoft Edge?) can understand the font
WOFF is used so that other browsers can understand the font (mozilla, chrome, opera).
TTF is used for ios/android browsers (so chrome in android, or firefox in android ,etc)
So based on these facts, if we want our website to be approachable by everyone, is it necessary to include all these font types?
2 Answers
Alex Davis
35,050 PointsSorry I can't help more directly with an answer to your question but you can use Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/ by linking them into your stylesheet. They are free to use and there is a wide variety. A draw back is if the site goes down it won't load into your web page(but it's Google hosting).
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 PointsHi Matt,
I know this is late coming but if you are still interested this a great (and short) article about your question.